Why are role models so important? Some reasons to have a role model include inspiration, learning how to overcome struggles, and garnering the traits of a successful individual to become the best version of you. It's important to provide students with numerous opportunities to find role models for themselves. As educators, we may sometimes want to suggest role models for specific behaviors and characteristics we think our students would benefit from — like opening up the world of STEM, for instance. Join this session to learn about some elementary level literacy resources you can use to introduce STEM role models to your students.

Picademy is the Raspberry Pi Foundation’s free, two-day training program that helps educators jump start their digital making journey. You’ll learn how to bring coding to life and explore new ways to create with technology.Key information

Cost: free

Time: two full days

Who: educators of all types

What: digital making & physical computing

When: see dates below

2019 Picademy Season-We will be in three cities for this summer. Where will your journey begin?

Congratulations to Stephanie Jones (Kell HS) and Hannah Oldham (Sprayberry HS) for being selecting as Cobb County's grant recipients from the AFCEA (Armed Forces Communications & Electronics Association). They received $$ to support STEM initiatives in their classroom and school.

In our free webinar, we’ll discuss strategies to increase acquisition of academic English through STEM across all grade levels, and learn how STEM and ELL literacy can be used productively together. While teaching ELLs outside of the English classroom can be challenging, communicating through STEM subjects can make it that much easier!